gistlíþ-ness
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Wæs hé on sumum húse inne þe hé hwílum on gæstlíþnesse wunode ( hospitari solebat ), Guth. Gr. 171, 16. Cf. cum-líþnes
hrífe
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Þurh þá stówe þe missenlicra cynna eardung in wæs nǽdrena and rífra wildeóra per bestiosa serpentiosa que loca, 10, 5.
mǽtan
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.; for construction cf. 157) wæs, Dan. 119
munuc-hád
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on lǽwedum háde and on lǽwedum girelan mid gódum weorcum and mid ryhte lífe man oferðíhð ðone munuchád and ðá óðre ðe ðone hiérran hád habbað quidam in deteriori ordine sortem extremi habitus bene vivendo transcendunt Past. 411. 36. of a woman Heó wæs
on-bæcling
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R. 6, 66. of reversing one's direction Ymbcerred wæs onbæclinc (-bægcling. L.) conuersa est retrorsum, Jn.
sprecan
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Wæs þǽr in þám sprecenan íglande sum mycel hlǽw erat in praefata insula tumulus, Guth. Gr. 117, 6. add: sprecan fore to speak on behalf of Hé bæd mé ðæt ic him wǽre forespeca . . . Ðá spæc ic him fore, and þingade him tó Ælfréde cinge, C.
sǽ-mann
a seaman,
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Kmbl. 342, 15; Rún. 16, when English affairs are referred to the word is used of the Scandinavians Wálá ðære woruldscame ðe nú habbaþ Engle. Oft twegen sǽmen oððe þrý drífaþ ða dráfe cristenra manna fram sǽtð tó sǽ, Wulfst. 163, 5.
up-rodor
the firmament on high ⬩ the visible heavens ⬩ the sky ⬩ heaven
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Hwílum cerreþ on uprodor ælbeorhta lég, Met. 29, 51. heaven Wæs Gúðláces gǽst gelǽded in uprodor fore onsýne éces Déman, Exon. Th. 148, 34; Gú. 754. Hé lǽdeþ eádige gástas on uprodor, Cd. Th. 212, 25; Exod. 544. In uprodor, 177, 33; Exod. 4.
Linked entry: up-heofon
wæstm-berende
Fruit-bearing, fertile, fruitful, productive,
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Seó wæstm*-*berendeste ( fertilissima ) eorþe, Nar. 5, 20. referring to living creatures Mid ðý ne is ǽnig syn wæstmbærendes (-beorendes, M. 74, 24) líchoman cum non sit culpa aliqua foecunditas Dafnis, Bd. 1, 27; S. 493, 2. figurative Hé wæs gefultumiende
ǽ-bylgþ
anger ⬩ what causes anger, offence, injury ⬩ ira
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Th. ii. 434, 7. what causes anger, offence, injury Ðá sendon Rómáne ǽrendracan and bǽdon ðæt him man gebétte ðæt him ðǽr tó ábylgðe (ǽ-, v. l.) gedón wæs missi a Romanis legati, ut de illatis quererentur injuriis, Ors. 4, 1; S. 154, 11.
ham
A dwelling, fold, or enclosed possession.
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., and so defended against the stream, which would otherwise wash it away.' Cod. Dipl. Kmbl. iii. xxvii, where see instances of the occurrence of the word in local names.
wín-berige
A grape
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Hit wæs ðá se tíma, ðæt wínberian rípodon erat autem tempus, quando jam praecoquae uvae vesci possunt Num. 13, 21: Scint. 154, 2. Winberigena bacciniorum Hpt. Gl. 524, 21.
offrung
the offering of a sacrifice or gift ⬩ an offering, sacrifice
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the offering of a sacrifice or gift Hit wæs gewunelíc on ealdum dagum, ðæt man Gode ðyllíce lác offrode on cucan orfe; ac seó offrung is nú unálýfedlíc. Homl. Th. ii. 456, 35. an offering, sacrifice:- Ic áxige hwǽr seó offrung (victima) sig . . .
CÓL
COOL ⬩ cold ⬩ frigidus
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Wyrc him leage of ellenahsan, þweah his heáfod mid cólre make him a ley of elder ashes, wash his head with this cold 3, 47; Lchdm. ii. 338, 26. Ða cearwylmas cólran wurþaþ. the anxious emotions become cooler Beo. Th. 570; B. 282;4139; B. 2066
twirǽdness
Discord ⬩ dissension ⬩ disagreement
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Se wæs for sumere twyrǽdnesse on cwertern ásend, seditione Lk. Skt. 23, 19. Ða ðe ceáste and twyrǽdnysse styredon, Homl. Th. ii. 338, 11. Ðonne gé geseóþ gefeoht and twyrǽdnessa (seditiones), Lk. Skt. 21, 9. Twyrédnysse dissensiones, R. Ben.
Linked entry: án-rǽdnes
á-þeóstrian
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Seó eorðe wæs gesworcen and áðýstrod, Ps. Th. 17, 9. Wearð middaneard áðeóstrod, Hml. Th. ii. 256, 34. Sién hira eágan áðístrode, Past. 29, 9. Áðeástrade sind obscurati sunt, Ps. Srt. 73, 20. Sié áðióstrado tenebrantur, Rtl. 125, 33
Linked entries: á-þiéstrian á-þístrian
ge-limpan
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Ox. 56, 104. referring to an occurrence already stated Hér Eádgár wæs tó cyninge gehálgod . . . þǽr wæs preósta heáp gegaderod . . . ðá þá ðis gelamp. Chr. 973; P. 118, 21. Cirus ealle Babylonia áwéste, and ealle Asirie on Persa anwald gedyde.
níwe
new ⬩ not yet used ⬩ new ⬩ recent ⬩ not of long standing ⬩ not long made ⬩ new (to anything) ⬩ inexperienced ⬩ new ⬩ novel ⬩ different from what has gone before
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Nemde níwan stefne; nama wæs gecyrred, Elen. Kmbl. 2119; El. 1061. Him ne wæs nǽnig earfoþe ðæt líchomlíce gedál on ðære neówan wyrde ( in their new condition ), Blickl. Homl. 135, 31. Ic eów sylle níwe bebod, Jn. Skt. 13, 34.
Linked entry: níwung
hund
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Æfter þǽm þe Rómeburg getimbred wæs iii hunde wintra and án, 2, 7; S. 90, 5. Ymb feówer hund wintra and seofone (vii winter, v. l.) anno ccccº viiº, Bd. 1, 11; Sch. 30, 12.
wǽta
wet, moisture ⬩ a liquid ⬩ a liquid that may be drunkor used in cookery, medicine,etc., liquor, drink ⬩ moisture in an animal body, humour ⬩ water, urine ⬩ moisture of plants, juice, sap
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Wæs glæsen fæt ðæt ðæs wynsuman wǽtan onféng. Þǽr wæs gewuna ðæm folce, ðæt hié tó ðæm fæte ástigon and ðære heofon*-*lícan wǽtan onbyrigdon, Blickl. Homl 209, 4-9. Wǽtan (byrele? cf. wín-byrele caupo,21, 13; orbrytta?